Ajay Sharma

About Ajay Sharma

IT Program & Portfolio Manager at Emory Healthcare with experience in leadership and delivery of strategic initiatives with diverse customers across the world. Experience being the team lead, Administrator of Project Intake (aka Demand Management) process and then Interim Manager of the IS & T Project Management Office as of March 2023. Experience as a Manager of a business unit focused on EMR/ERP services as well as a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt and ICD-10 Project and Program Manager remediating clinical systems, revenue cycle and payers. Experience with building collaborative relationships between healthcare organizations within the larger healthcare systems environment and work on initiatives to roll out inter-operable systems due to Meaningful Use. Managed enterprise initiatives with EMRs such as Cerner & Epic.

Experience

1. Program and Portfolio Manager

   Emory Healthcare

   Oct 2024 — Present · Cincinnati, OH, US

   Program Manager for Emory Healthcare\'s leading programs such as Emory\'s Journey to Cloud (J2C) a multi-workstream initiative to migrate Epic, Citrix, and Enterprise Applications to Microsoft Azure. Partnering with Infrastructure, Security, and Accenture teams, oversee planning, execution, and governance across hybrid and cloud-native environments. Focus is on delivering scalable, secure, and future-ready infrastructure that supports clinical and business operations. The Journey to Cloud program demonstrates significant value by driving the migration of critical applications and infrastructure to a modern cloud environment, streamlining operations and enhancing efficiency. The program has systematically addressed both Epic and Non-Epic applications, coordinated with application owners for decision making and managed complex tasks across the enterprise. Through structure milestones, proactive follow ups and escalation of delays, the program ensures accountability and progress, supporting organizational transformation and readiness for future technology needs.

Education

• Fairleigh Dickinson University

  MBA, Marketing

  1995 — 1997

• St Joseph's College of Commerce (Autonomous)

  Pre-University Course, Business/Commerce, General

  1987 — 1989

• Mysore University, Mysore

  Post Graduate Diploma , Marketing/Marketing Management, General

  1993 — 1994

• Island School

  O'Levels

  1982 — 1987

• ISSSC

  Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Process Improvement

  2011 — 2011

• Bangalore University

  B.Com, Commerce

  1989 — 1992

• Project Management Institute

  Disciplined Agile Scrum Master, Project Management

• PM Guerilla

  Disciplined Agile Scum Master Training, DASM

Skills

• IT Strategy
• Six Sigma
• Emr
• Application Development
• Hipaa
• Management Consulting
• Project Planning
• Software Development
• Enterprise Software
• Professional Services
• Hospitals
• Information Technology
• Ehr
• Integration
• Project Portfolio Management
• Visio
• Program Management
• Ambulatory
• Strategy
• IT Management
• Software Project Management
• Itil
• Oracle Technologies
• IT Service Management
• Change Management
• Software Documentation
• Sdlc
• Requirements Analysis
• Team Leadership
• Budgets
• Sharepoint
• Project Management
• Strategic Planning
• Healthcare Information Technology
• Management
• Cerner
• Process Improvement
• Business Process
• Business Process Re-Engineering
• Consulting